Helping others paint exteriors, that what Painters Plus does with Project H.O.P.E. For the past seven years, they've chosen houses around North Tonawanda that needed a fresh coat of paint, and for good reason.

"To try to help people that are going through hardship, financial hardship, disability, a veteran, that sort of thing that needs the exterior of their home painted but just doesn't have a way, financially or physically to be able to do it," said Jesse Gooch, Painter Plus Owner.

Each year, Gooch will pick one winning applicant from North Tonawanda. But this year, he was so touched by two of their stories that he couldn't just pick one, and even though one was from Tonawanda, he didn't care.

"I felt like I had to do both of them, so we actually have two crews going on," he said.

About 10 minutes away from each other, both crews were busy at work, making sure by the end of the day the owners would have a smile on their face. On Payne Avenue in North Tonawanda, Amy Raines has lost her son, her brother and her father all in the past year and a half. Her boyfriend says that being chosen for Project H.O.P.E. lifts a weight off her shoulders.

"Last couple of years have been really rough on her, trying to work and be the sole provider for the household and all that so it's been a tough little time and it definitely helps with the financial burden on her and the stress that the house is taken care of for 10, 12 years or more," said Richard Fike.

On Mosher Drive in Tonawanda, 87-year-old Jean Best lost her husband nine years ago, and recently took in her son who has stage four bladder cancer. Her other son who survived being hit by a drunk driver nominated his mother, in hopes they could preserve their family home that was built by his father.

"What these people are doing here today, you can't put a price tag on I'm telling you it's genuine kindness and like I say, humanitarianism it's just unprecedented. So you happy girl?" Asked Barry Best, her son.

"Yes, very happy, very appreciative, very happy," Jean said.

"Everyone's just in a happy mood, even though they're going through a hard time, at least this one day we're guaranteed that they're going to feel good," said Gooch.